“They are right that the term is hyperbolic at best and worst conflates a host of complex issues with pedophilia.“
You wish, jackass. We heard nothing of “hyperbole” during the past 60 years that leftists have been calling us, their friends relatives and neighbors “nazi” and “evil” and “racist” and thisaphobe and thataphobe and on and on.
When the right wing calls you a name they are DESCRIBING YOU LITERALLY. It’s not a cheap nasty tactic. There is nothing else to call these people. They are in fact discussing sex with children whom they want to influence toward their own bent predilections. THAT is grooming.
Whenever you hear someone using the words "complex" or "nuanced" in reference to this sick perversion then you know you're looking at a neck angling for a millstone.